Medea, Medea, I just met a girl named Medea...

...And suddenly that name will never be the same...

My name is Helena, a townswoman with 6 children at home and a husband too ill to work.  Because of this, I am over-worked, worn-out, tired, and hopeless.

My one relief is my visits with Jason, Medea's husband.  Indeed, some of my children might be of his lineage, but keep that between us.

I am constantly in fear of Medea's rage since I am a slave of the bed with her husband and so to perserve my life from her homicidal thoughts I seek to appease at all times.

Come see me and my fellow townswomen this weekend and next in Ashland Contemporary Theatre's 7 Shorts of Christopher Durang.  The show runs March 7th - March 9th at Ashland Community Center and the following weekend, March 14th-March16th at Grizzly Peak Winery, in Ashland.  Show starts at 8 pm, with two intermissions.  Doors open at 7:30.

The show is directed by Evalyn Hansen.  Medea stars Jeannine Grizzard as Medea, David DeMoss as Jason the argonaut, Richard Royce as the Deux Es Machina, and Krystal Brewer, Mabree Owens, and myself as the Chorus.

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Divert Your "Madness"

I am in my early-forties and I have never ever been in a sexually united relationship, hence the feeling of hysteria, and the now nickname, "Hysteria".  My real name is Helen Burns and I live in Upper East Side New York.

My next door neighbor is Cindy Lewis, a woman attempting a life of stand-up comedy.  She, like me, feels downcast and depressed.  The apartment building is full of the down and out, rejects of society.  About our apartment building, it has often been said, "These apartments speak for themselves."

What I really need is, a really good orgasm, something Cindy, at least, has had.  However, I am too ashamed to ask for this need out of an built-in from years of Catholic upbringing sexual prudishness.

Everything in my life, due to this lack, causes fits of madness or, as mentioned before, hysteria.

Come see how my life unfolds starting next Friday, March 7th at 8 pm at the Ashland Community Center.

Diversions is part of Ashland Contemporary Theatre's 7 Shorts by Christopher Durang.  The shows are directed by Evalyn Hansen.  Other performers in Diversions are Krystal Brewer and Richard Royce.

'Stand up' & Be Someone!

Hi, my name is Cindy Lewis.  I am 37 years old and unmarried, well, divorced.

I have an overbearing, physically and mentally abusive, not to mention, manipulative Jewish mother (to put it mildly) who is embarrassed that I have not been successful as my debut as Jewish American Princess.  She misses opportunity to let me know this.

I have tried multiple careers and multiple love affairs, so now, at the last result, I am trying my hand at stand-up comedy.  My friends think I m funny, well, at least they laugh at me...

I live in New York with my grey cat, Fluffy, who isn't fluffy at all.  I named him that because I thought it was ironic.  He's a very old kitty but he's all I have and the only living thing who loves me unconditionally.

Maybe, you can love me that way.  Maybe, I will find true love when we meet next Friday, March 7th-Sunday, March 16th at the Ashland Community Center and Grizzly Peak Winery in Ashland, Oregon, where I will be attempting my first efforts as stand-up comedienne.

Hey, its worth a shot.

Show opens March 7th at 8 pm.  The first weekend shows playing at Ashland Community Center.  The second weekend will be shown at Grizzly Peak Winery.  The show is directed by Evalyn Hansen.